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A mobile phone from the 1990s is making a comeback among drug dealers. Crooks favour the Nokia 8210, launched in 1999, over smartphones fitted with wi-fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The most popular phone ...
At CES this week, cordless phone maker Binatone showed off the Brick, a $69-$99 cell phone designed to look just like a big, clunky voice phone from the 1990s - complete with the game Snake. The ...
During the 1990s, factory-installed cellular telephones were popular optional equipment in high-end luxury cars. You'd get a bulky transmitter unit in the trunk or under the dash, maybe an ...
The clear phone wasn’t the only device to come out of the break-up of the phone industry. Phones shaped like Garfield, Snoopy, Mickey Mouse, hamburgers, and even the infamous Sports Illustrated ...
The brand new Paris-based startup launched in September is looking to bring back the good old simple portable phones of the 1990s - but in an environmentally friendly and stylish way.
If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screec… ...
If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches ...
Researchers have long-sought explanations for why America’s crime rate dropped in the 1990s. Academics have suggested a laundry list of theories: including larger police forces, increased prison ...
Extending the researchers’ rationale for the drop in crime to this decade, it would seem that the effects of mobile phones on crime are potentially much stronger; in the 1990s, citizens were not ...